Hook-setting machine.



No. 811,841. PATBTED PEB. 6, 1906.

. P.- R. GLASS. HOOK SETTING' MACHINE. AJPIJUA'LIONFILEDl 00T. 1s. 1904.

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P1. R. GLASS.

HOOK SETTING. MACHINE. APLIUATION HLBp 00T, 18. 1904.

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HOOK SETTING MACHINE. APPLIUATIoN'HLED 00T. 1e. 1904.

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.apecicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. i3, 1906.

Application tiled October y18, 1994. liflril NO- 2291093;

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Be it known that i, Penner it. Git/iss, a ci tizen of the United States,residing at Quincy,

in the county otNorlolk and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in HooloSetting Machines, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.This invention has for its ohject the roduction of a novel gage toinsure that the acing-hook nearest the up er end oi the top art oi the uper at eaci side and also the ook most istant therefrom nearest thelower end et the up er shall be set at exactly the distance provi ed foreach size of shoe, and thereafter the remaining hooks of each series ofstuds will be set automatically. One of the gages is shown' as movingwith the slide-frame carrying the punch as the series of studsare beingautomatically set one after the other in the stock. Further, l have provided the machine with novel means Wheren by after setting the gagenearest the unch and anvil at the desired distance `there Arom may setall the hooks to be set in each side of the upper of a series of shoesof the same size at exactly the same distance apart.

.lt Will be understood that each upper has the same number of hooksWhatever the size of the shoe; out the smaller the shoe the more.closely the predetermined number oi hooks Will be set, and l haveprovided means `vvhereby the ga of one elass the distance over Which thestock is fed in setting hoolrs in the saine class of shoe, but of adiierent size, may be varied automatically to accuratelyset vand space'the hooks properly in the-uppers of shoes of any other size of the sameclass.

Figure Il. in front elevation represents a suiiicient portion of ahook-setting machine substantially such as represented in United Statesapplidation, Serial No. 178,241, iiled Ictoloer 23, 19,03, toy which myimprovements have been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail, partially iiisection, showing part of the means employed for sustaining one of thegages. lFig. 2 is a detail showing part et the slideframe and its loessemloracin the clamping ring sustainirwF the to gage t at moves with thepunchand set. iig. 3 is a detail showing some of the means torcontrolling the lat- (re having been set ior shoes eral throw ofthestock-feeding means. Fig. 4 is a pianview showing one oi thegagenienibers, together with the upper edge of the index and some partscoasting therewith. Fig. 5 shows an enlarged section of the feed-regulating index. flig. 6 shows the edge guage and part oi the Work-support.Fig. 7 is a diagrammatioal iigure showing the tdp part of' both theright and left hand side oi the shoe in position to receive the firsthool. is a longitudinal seetion through the indicator coasting with thegage.` lig. 9 is a lace view ot the disk ax, located at the end oi therollera, the shaftv a upon which said roller is mounted being insection. Fig.l 10 shows the indicator sup, osed to be slittedlongitudinally and lait out fiat. Fig. ll shows detached the sleeve U2,that engages and moves the hook-frame that the punch may feed the upperafter each stud is set; and Fig. l?. shows partot the under plunger,hook-sustaining plate, and part of the setand its central punch.

Referring to the drawings, A. represents the framework yCi, a slideframe that receives and guides a bar C8, to the lower end of which issecured the combined punch and anvil @1 and f. These parts and theraceway a2 o3, the

. shait C4, the hopper A5, cam-groove B, guiderod c,held in ears e ofthe iront of the frame Work and on which the head C? is recipro cated asthe punch f in the stock is moved laterally to feed the. saine, the rodc2, held in said trame and sliding freely in the eerst, said framecarrying the har C8 verticall therein, the sector C3, secured to saidsliat C4 and moved hy the teeth e3 oi a lever U,

pivoted at C2 and moved from a earn C on Asliaft lil, said shaftreciprocating the shaft U* inthe frame C", the slotted arm et, extendedfrom a sleeve C12, (see Fig. 11,) surrounding "said shaft C4 loosely andconnected at its iront end loosely with and Asliding the frame C Whilethe punch is inthe stock to thus move the saine to automatically spacethe hooks one from the other, the yoke C, Ymoved by earn C22 andconnected with block e1 hy anadjustable rod, the link 010x, the stud e",connected with block c1", the worksupport ew, the liitingpressenfoot.@thriving a depending rod e5, surrounded by a spring e, thelever t for lifting said rod, the lever ai, loosely connected with and'for moving rig. s

' roller pinned at 48 to said `of the shoe,

degrees,

With ,an automatically-operating hook-setting machine, substantiallysuch as shown in said application. T he loWer end ofthe slideframe C isprovided with a boss 2, (see Fig. 2%) that is surrounded by a splitclamp 3,one end of which receives a stud-screw 4. The clamp has adepending end that receives a screw 4X, extended through a slot 7 in theupj per end of the top end gage 6 for the left half so that said gagemay be-adjusted with relation to the end of the combined anvil and punchthat is reciprocated in said head, as provided for in said application.The other top end gage for the top end of the right half of the shoe isnumbered 8', and vit is shaped to present a corner to receive the end`of said top, the lip 8 of said gage receiving against it that edge40'of the top end of the upper which is parallel With the hooks to beset. The top end gageSis attached to a sliderod 10 by a set-screw 9. Therod 1() has attached to it by a screw 10b (see Fig. 2) a finger l0, .andsaid rod 10 is held frictionally in a guide-box 12, extending from orforming art of the loWerend of a post 122, tapped .at its upper end toreceive a stud-screW-15, by which to confine said post and gage-'holderin, its adjusted position on an arm 13,'slotted at.

l14, as represented inl Fig. 4, the inner end of' fixed to the frameworkby a- The box 12 has at its ends said arm being suitable bolt 14". ears12 12b, that sustain ashaft af, surrounded by the shoe-size lindicatora', 'shown fas a shaft and dividedv longitudinally into spaces, usuallyfour, Fig.- 10,) Where said covering thereupon, marked to representspaces styles of shoesnsuch as bo si, youths little gents, andmenls-each. of thesespaces extendn y index lines ro ler to representjthevarious sizes of shoes ofthese different styles.

cator a( is applied loosely tothe shaft a, and the roller at' theleft-hand end of thefindica tor'is providedwith a diskfcf, (see Fig.8,), having afseriesfoi notches 43, Fig. `9, 'one for each of thefourjdivisions or diiferent classes ofshoes, 'saidjnot'ches engaging astud a2, extending intvardlyirom the ear 12E, said studmanitaining'jthejrollferin its adjusted position. That the roller 'maybe readily turned to expose either division the opposite end of itsshaftl-is-'prcvided with a thumb-nut a3,

' and thel'e isa s ring a? interposed between the inner-side o theright-hand ear 12b and, the end ofjthe'roller, said spring acting nor-(seej, 1 indicator, or it may be a.4 is laid out latLit being" forv thedifferent-f` both about the roller for about ninetyv being subdivided byscale-marks orf b (see enlarged view Fig. g10)'-at ri ht angles to thelongitudinal''axis'of-thev or lengths The indimally to keep-one oftheholes in said disk in engagement Withthe stud referred to. The innerendof this spring may be extended more or' vlessinto the roller to thus,Give it greater freedom of. action. rThe slide-liar i() may be slidlongitudinally, so that the pointer 10H, carried thereby, may registerwith any Aone of the size-numbers of the various styles of shoes inWhich it is desired toset hooks au'- tomatically on the machine hereinto be described. By turning the indicator the di- `vision thereoi`indicating the class or style of the shoe is brought next the pointer10a, and then the slide-bar may be slid to place,A the pointer on theline indicating the sizeof the shoe, and the top gage Will be correctlyplaced for that particular size. Y

Referring to the end justed atsuch a distance from the acting end -ofthe stock-feeding punch f as to'insurea deiinite osition for the endmosthook of the. left-hang portions of the tor'- of the shoe, this being thepart that is usufill With hooks, land thisadjustment may be for anydistance to accord With the particular taste or notion of themanufacturer using the machine, some manufacturers desiring that thevendmost hook be situated at one distance from the end of the top of theupper and another one at a diderent distance, and for this 9 reason thisgage is made,V adjustable, but being once adjusted and fixed in itsposition the user-thereo will not need to further adjust it unless heAshould make desires to change the osition 4of the first hook at' theend to a d erent distance therefrom. The gage 6- is moved inunison`withthefranie C9 and punch, as the latter is used to feed thestock 'and space the hook.

When changing from one-sized shoe to another, j ofthe feed-stroke, andto effect this IJ connect :the blockc? by 'a link 010x with afeed-regu'- up hsmind that he 'at Cwjandfhaving at its opposite endsector "ed ath3 and 'rovided with a pointer h". The

ifur'ated end h5 of a yoke or boxh, pivot'ed at k7 on a projection hs.,forming part of the framework of the machine. The studeka, that servesas the fulcruin for the lever h2, receives loosely upon it between itshead It and the outer sidel ofV one of the bifurcated instance of myinvention receives on -its face .an index nx, preferably of paper orsome vided,'as represented in Fig. 1, into four equal parts or quarters,marked, respectively, f Boys Youths, Little gents,7" and -f Mens,? andthese spaces are provided with aduations to represent the size of thatparticular style of shoes-as, for instance, lthe theremust be avariation in the length ',"Eivot h3 fort `s lever is extended throughtheV gage 6, it'Will be ady iirst provided lator C, shown'as anelboW-leverpivoted at l TIO teeth Y These teeth are engaged by sector-vteeth-Hofv a'spacer, shown asa lever h2, pivotarms h a rotary dial n,that-in the present other material the face of which may be d1 e1 naar l-l i i mens quarter 1s subdlvidedlnto eight spacesl scend, make a hole1n the top or stock, and

- and the boys int ten spaces, dsc., the parl ticular number ofsubdlvisions being imlwmaterial. The index, of Whatever mate'- rial, isrepresented as confined to the diskby means of a screw 30. The threadedend of the stud h3 receives a suitable nut 31 and a check-nut 32 toconfine the stud in ostion. The disk and its index arecapable of eingrotated about the stud to bring within the line iof movement of thepointer h4 the particular space or division representing the shoes thatare to have the lacing-hooks applied therei to-as,.for instance, in Fig.l the division for 1 5 boys occupies its working position. The rear sideof the disk is provided with a notch for each space, and coacting withsaid notch is a pin 33, contained in a hollow post 34, inserted throughthe bifurcated block, (see Fig. 5,)

spring 35, made adjustable as to its strength by a screw 36. It will beobvious `that by taking hold ofthe milled edge ofthe disk the latter maybe turned, overcoming the force of the s ring, and whenever a new holeat the back o -the disk comes opposite the pin the latter Willpop intothe saine and lock the disk in its adjusted position.

The ointer /r is shown as occu mofa o-l P Py a P sition opposite theninth one of the divisions from its lower end, which may be supposed torepresent a size 9, boys shoe; and the finger la as on the correspondingline of the indicator a. As the lever is turned to bring the pointer inits desired position the toothed portion of the lever h2 engaging thetoothed portion of the lever C moves the head c1, so that its stud c ismoved in the slot da of the arm referred to, and consequently the throw'of said arm is mademore or less to move the slide C, containing thecombined top set and punch, for a greater or less distance to feed thestock,as provided for in said application.

So it will be understood that preparatory to' 4.5 setting hooks in shoesthe rst thing to do `is to regulate the feed-stroke of the cornbinedupper set and punch, and this done the operator will turn the indicatorto bring to its front side the particular division correspond- 5o ingwith the division of the dislr which is brought into operative position,and he will sitiondesired to establish the position of the :tiret hookto be set in the left-hand part of the 6o top. Now the workman willplace the end 5() of the left-hand part ofthe top in line with the edgeof the gage 6 (see Fig. 7) and will place theA ed e 41 of said part ofthe top ge gage e. This done the ma- `a ainst the e chine may bestarted, the punch will dewhere the head of said pin is acted upon bya..

while in the top will be moved laterally toward the left, taking with itthe gage (i, the punch stopping in its lateral movement im- 'mediatelyover the shank'of the hooi: to be set, it being then held by saidhook-sustaining plate or in other usual manner, at which time the usualplunger carrying said hooksustaining plate is ralsed, as provided for insaid application, While the presser-foot holds the stock down on thework-support and forces the shanlr of the hook through the hole in thetop made by the punch and about the end of the punch yet in said holeand forces the end oi the hollow shank of the hook against the to setC1, thus setting the same. The presseroot descends on the stock in usualmanner preparatory to forcing into the stock the hook to be set. Thestud having been set, the combined upper set and punch are raised and-the slide and punch are' moved baclrwardly to their startingpoint,while the resser-i'oot remains down, clamping the stocli on thework-support, and having arrived at their starting-point the ,punchagain descends, entering the stock and punches a new hole for the nexthook to be set, and the presser-foot is thenraised to uriclarnp thestock, while the combined top set `and punch are again moved to feed thestock. The number of feedin strokes taken by the punch depends u on t enumber of hooks to be set in the leftand side of the stoclr. Now to sethooks in the right-hand side Si of the top ot' the shoe the workmanplaces the top end of said right-hand side into the corner of the topgage t, .the cornerfi of the righthand side of the top rneetingtheportion 8x of said age the edge L0 ofthe top at a distance therefromcontacting with the usual edge gage e. in this position the machine isagain started, and at the first descent of the combined punch and setahole is punched in the top, thelatter isfed by the punch, and the hrstor lower hook for the right-hand side of the shoe is set, and thereafterthe stock is fed. as described until the saine number of hpolrs are setone after the other in the righ thand side of the top that were set inthe left-hand side of the top, the last hook to be U5 set bein the oneat the top end of the righthand si e of the upper.

The head C herein shown is also common to United States Patent No.686,923.

I believe that I am the first to combine in 120 a machine having aslide-frame a stock-feeding punch with a topend gage and move the sameto andfro in unison with said slideframe. l

The top gages shown in this application 125 are sustained one by thesliding frame carrying the punch used to feed the stock over thework-support, while in application, Serial No. 178,241, ined october 23,,1903, both am gages are sustained by and move in unison 13 roo I withthe slide-frame or `device' that carries..

the punch, the latter being recprocated vertically in said frame andstock .over the stock-suppo in-said application, broadly, end gagesmovable with whatever isfemployedflto feed the linger.

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Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecuteby'Let-V ters Patent, is-. v

1'. In a machine of theclass described, a punch and set, means to causethe punch to enter andfeed the shoe-u per, atop -end gage movable withsaid punch) during its feeding operation, 'and another to rial, combinedwith alsecond longitudinallyadjustable top end gage' sustainedby theframework of the machine and occupying a stationary position withrelation to the top end gage sustained by said slide-frame, a finermovable withV said second top end gage in its adjustment, and anindicator oo acting Wi th 3. In a machine of the class descrioemjactingl tor feed thert. I ave claimedv end gage sus-- slidefrhme, acombined punch and set carried thereby, means to move said slide-frameto and fro, means to cause the punch to enter the stock and feed thelatter asthe slide,- frame is moved in one direction, a top end econnected with said slide-frame and movable' therewith in its to-and-fromovements. j v v 4.' In a machine of the class described, 'astock-support, a slide-frame; provided Wi th a set and punch, -atopend-gage lixed to and movable only longit dinally with said head, andanother adjustable top end gage, separated from said frame. v 5l In amachine of the class described, a stock-support, a slide-frame providedwith a set-'and punch, atop end gage fixed to and movableonly'lpngituil'nallywith said frame, and-another vadjustable top endgage sustained independently of said'frame, combined with an edgegageintermediate said topv-endgages.

6.v In a machine of the class described, a slide-frame having a boss atits lower end, a unch located in said boss, a collar surroundmggsaidboss, and a top end gage adjustable laterally on said collar. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:

LOUIS C. SMITH, y MARGARET A, DUNN.

PERLEY R;

